The Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould has kindly given me, for THE QUIVER, a copy of the manuscript of this hymn, and a few notes about it which cannot but prove interesting. It was composed on May Day, in 1864, he says; and, certainly, that is appropriate enough, for do not all poets sing of May Day as a special day for the awakening and rejoicing of nature? Horbury, that robust Yorkshire village where Mr. Baring-Gould was then the curate, was the birthplace of "On the Resurrection morning," as it was of what has proved one of the six most "popular" hymns of the world, viz. "Onward, Christian soldiers." So Horbury enjoys no mean fame. No one speaks more lovingly of Horbury than does its former curate, now so famous; and Horbury--church, chapel, and "non-connected"--is proud to a degree of Sabine Baring-Gould and of the fame he has for ever given its name by these and other noted hymns. [Illustration: "ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING." (_Facsimile of Dr. Turpin's Musical Setting._)] It will be noticed that there is a word or two slightly different in the author's copy from those of the usually printed text. In one case his manuscript is not perhaps the better. "Which shall never, through long ages, pass away," is not, in the writer's opinion, grander than "Which shall not, through endless ages, pass away." Dr. E. H. Turpin's fine tune to "On the Resurrection morning" has the merit of exactly suiting it. All can sing it, and that makes it so popular. The composer, with great kindness, has also allowed me to reproduce his manuscript of it here; and it is only fair to say that did the renown of the celebrated organist, as a composer, depend only on this one tune, so linked to the hymn, it would not easily perish whilst joyful hearts on Easter Day, and sad hearts at the graveside of loved ones, join in singing "On the Resurrection morning." [Illustration: _Come, ye faithful, raise the strain._ _S. John Damascene._ _Arthur Henry Brown._ FACSIMILE OF THE COMPOSER'S ORIGINAL SETTING.] To the Rev. J. M. Neale, who died about the time when Baring-Gould wrote the hymn just spoken of, the Christian world is indebted for three splendid Easter hymns. Of these it is difficult to say which is the finest, though perhaps, being quite original, we should give that honour to the well-known "The foe behind, the deep before." Every section of the Church of Christ sings with deep and solemn pathos those beautiful lines-- "No longer must the mourners weep, Nor call departed Christians dead; For death is hallow'd into sleep, And every grave is but a bed"-- following so closely on the joyful strain of "Christ is risen!" in the preceding verse. [Illustration: (_Photo: William Gill, Colchester._) _Arthur H. Brown._]